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DEFINITION: n. A person who wants to monopolize all of someone's love and tries to prevent them from sharing it with others.v. To monopolize someone's love.
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Smotherhalf
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: smuth-er-half
Sentence: Bill's possessiveness meant he wasn't good boyfriend material. Pity the poor girl whose smotherhalf he was.
Etymology: smother (to suffocate) + other half (expression meaning one's partner or spouse)
Ballsermina
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: balls/ur/mee/na
Sentence: Jill kept Stew on a very short leash and told any interested persons that Stew's ballsermina
Etymology: ballerina + balls are mine
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COMMENTS:
I like the fact that at first glance, this word looks dainty, delicate, and dancing; totally contrary to the demon it actually is. Good job! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-17: 18:03:00
Wow - thanks Purpleartichokes - high praise from a verbotomy guru - porsche, 2007-04-18: 09:21:00
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Smotherlove
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Smuth-er-luv
Sentence: Margaret was so paranoid that Jeff would leave her for a younger model, that she would smotherlove him every time a woman was within a 3 metre radius.
Etymology: Smother(to suffocate,eg: to smother with love.) Love(to cherish or adore) = Smotherlove
Monopoleyes
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: mon-op-oh-lies
Sentence: She wants to monopoleyes me - I am not allowed to look at anyone else.
Etymology: monopoly (exclusive rights to sell something) + eyes (implying you can only look at one person). Also a play on the word monopolize.
Romantisieze
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: roh-man-tah-seez
Sentence: Candice knew that Barry was no longer being playfully protective, he was thoroughly romantisiezing their relationship
Etymology: romanticise, sieze
Sin-wat
Created by: vonnegut
Pronunciation: sin-wat
Sentence: "As your husband, I'll want all your love for myself." She stared at me with widening eyes. "A sin-wat!"... "I will not marry a sin-wat." She stood. "Goodbye." "Good-bye?" I was crushed.
Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.
Mugwuv
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: MUG-wub
Sentence: When Clarence scolded her for kissing her brother, Serena knew he was a mugwuv, and told him to take a hike.
Etymology: mug-to steal, wuv, mugwump
Unclehoneybags
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: unk-el-hun-e-bag-s
Sentence: Monica knew Zoltan was a total unclehoneybags when he asked her to stay at his place and have a "snugglefest" instead of attending her mother's 84th birthday party.
Etymology: "Uncle Moneybags" - the little guy in the top hat from Monopoly, and "Honey" - an affectionate nickname for a significant other
Sin-wat
Created by: vonnegut
Pronunciation: sin-wat
Sentence: "As your husband, I'll want all your love for myself." She stared at me with widening eyes. "A sin-wat!"... "I will not marry a sin-wat." She stood. "Goodbye." "Good-bye?" I was crushed.
Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.
Hyperphiliac
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: high-purr-FILL-ee-ack
Sentence: Alex dumped his hyperphiliac girlfriend after she lambasted him for talking to his plants.
Etymology: hyper- (overmuch) + -phil- (love) -iac (person ending). Resembles "haemophiliac" and "hyperglycemia".
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
See the top 4 words of the day at Why were you looking at that girl? ~ James
- 2008-04-20: 01:04:00
good stuffing
- 2008-04-20: 01:08:00
hairy!
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James
lumina - 2009-11-04: 17:09:00
Thanks for the welcome back Nos. Totally forgot about this fun place. Time to sharpen my verbotomizing skills again. Helloooo methrohumanx!